Society Against Violence in Education explained

Type:Non-governmental organization Non-profit organization
Services:Victim Supports, Awareness Campaigns, Consultation to institutions, etc.
Volunteers:200
Formerly:No Ragging Foundation
Founder:Kushal Banerjee
Location:Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Raipur, Kanpur, Jabalpur in India
Field:Human Rights Education Non Violence
Purpose:Eradication of ragging, and providing support to the victims.
Homepage:no2ragging.org
Abbreviation:SAVE
Region:serving entire India

Society Against Violence in Education (SAVE) is a non profit organization working for the eradication of ragging and bullying from educational institutions in India.[1] [2] [3]

Major field(s) :

SAVE is possibly the first-registered anti-ragging NGO in India.[4] [5]

It is mainly composed of professionals and students from various fields[6] who volunteer for the cause in their free time.[7]

Formation

Ragging has been taking a huge toll of innocent lives and careers for long. But there had been no single civil movement against the evil of ragging. There were websites and online groups, from where some conscientious youths gave birth to a non profit organisation, which later came to fame in the name of the "No Ragging Foundation". Later, the No Ragging Foundation was registered as the Society Against Violence in Education (SAVE).[8]

Amit Sahai Gangwar, a first year student of NIT-Jalandhar, lost his life in October 2005. The news was covered by various media - news channels and dailies. This event had a great impact in the formation of this organization.[9] [10] [11]

Mission

The Society Against Violence in Education (SAVE) is an impartial, neutral and independent, non-profit organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of students in educational institutions and to provide the victims of 'ragging' with assistance and also to facilitate the eradication of ragging from educational institutions through awareness, advocacy, research and such other avenues.

It works towards the creation of an environment where students can learn with fun and not with fear. It directs its efforts towards elimination of violence and abuses on innocent freshers while promoting peace and harmony among the senior and the juniors students in academic institutions.

Objectives

Create a strong public mandate against ragging.

Device alternative but healthy and humane modes of interaction between seniors & juniors.

Unite the isolated protests against ragging under the umbrella of a strong, united movement.

Involve the authorities, faculties, students and others in the anti ragging drives.[12]

Activities

Awareness - Encouraging healthy interactions and friendly campuses

They spread the awareness against ragging and provide support to the victims. They also promote healthy and humane modes of interactions between the seniors and the juniors. They promote anti-ragging campus units, involving students, class and faculty members.[16]

SAVE has been arranging awareness events, mainly in educational institutions in different parts of India, involving students, faculty members and other stakeholders.[17] Such events serve to empower and encourage the freshers (potential victims) as well as to promote healthy modes of interactions. The events are used to guide institutional authorities, if required, on effectively implementing anti ragging measures in the campus. Faculties and students have admired such events to be very useful for the cause.[18]

SAVE has arranged events in different parts of the country, for example : Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kanpur, Varanasi, Ajmer, Hyderabad, Dehradun, Surat, Pune, Haldia, Durgapur, Howrah, etc.[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

SAVE has sent thousands of communications to colleges as well.

Supporting & Empowering the victims and their families

For about a decade, SAVE has been supporting the victims of ragging and/or their families in various ways. SAVE volunteers have supported victims in getting their grievances heard. They have played active roles in creating pressure on colleges to take actions and have provided legal and other guidance and assistance to the victims and their families. SAVE keeps in touch with the National (UGC) Anti Ragging Helpline and with its monitoring agency.[25] [26] [27]

SAVE has filed numerous applications under the Right to Information Act, 2005 with institutions as well as statutory bodies. SAVE legal team, led by advocate Mrs. Meera Kaura Patel, has even represented victims in the court and before the National Human Rights Commission of India.

In a case involving the School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, following the directions from the court, the police had booked the Dean, Director and Registrar were charged under IPC Sections 336, 337, 338 (negligence), 120B (conspiracy), 201 (tampering with evidence), 202, 176 (failing to inform a public authority) and 511 (attempting to commit offence).[28]

In another case, from Thanjavur, SAVE Legal Team had requested the Chief Justice of Tamil Nadu to take suo motu cognizance of the matter.[29] Five engineering students were arrested later.[30]

In some cases, SAVE has collaborated with the friends and family members of 'victims', who had lost their lives in 'ragging', to arrange memorial events and to demand proper investigation into the cases. The events were clubbed with signature campaigns seeking a comprehensive national anti ragging legislation.[31] [32]

In many cases, the colleges have taken actions based on SAVE's recommendations.[33] Some Colleges have been proactively invited SAVE to address their students and faculties. Several colleges have invited SAVE to be part of their anti ragging committee,[34] however it was not possible for SAVE to accept all such offers, considering its limitations, e.g., financial limitations.

Other Activities

Recognition

Tax exemption status

SAVE is registered with the department of Income tax in India u/s 12AA . Donations to the Society Against Violence in Education qualify for Tax exemption u/s 80G(5)(vi) .[44]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Organisation Details. Pro Poor.
  2. News: Society launches fight against college bullies. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717065442/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JS00vMjAwOC8wNy8xOCNBcjAwNTA1&Mode=Gif&Locale=english-skin-custom. dead. July 17, 2011. The Times of India.
  3. News: Anti-bullying guidelines: New orders mere replica of earlier ones - Times of India. The Times of India. 2016-12-11.
  4. News: Society Against Violence in Education (SAVE). WeCareToo India.
  5. Web site: Anti-Ragging NGO 'SAVE' To Help City Police - Hyderabad News on fullhyd.com. news.fullhyderabad.com. 2016-12-11.
  6. Times of India
  7. Web site: SAVE About Who we are. www.no2ragging.org. 2016-12-11.
  8. News: Brief History. Karmayog .
  9. Web site: SAVE About Us Why We Started This. www.no2ragging.org. 2016-12-11.
  10. News: 'We were told to do bad things' - Times of India. The Times of India. 2016-12-11.
  11. Web site: Jalandhar Plus. www.tribuneindia.com. 2016-12-11.
  12. Web site: Objectives. Society Against Violence in Education.
  13. Web site: SAVEAbout UsWhat we doAwareness. www.no2ragging.org. 2016-12-11.
  14. Web site: SAVEAbout UsWhat we doSupports & Empowerment. www.no2ragging.org. 2016-12-11.
  15. Web site: SAVEAbout UsWhat we doOther Activities. www.no2ragging.org. 2016-12-11.
  16. News: Services offered. Karmayog .
  17. News: Seniors or foes? How ragging in our colleges is pushing students to the edge. 2016-07-04. The Hindustan Times. 2016-12-11.
  18. Web site: SAVE About Us Testimonials. www.no2ragging.org. 2016-12-11.
  19. Web site: Global Institute of Management and Technology. gimt-india.in. 2016-12-11.
  20. Web site: Haldia Institute of Technology Website www.hithaldia.in - Haldia Institute of Technology deals in Institutes - Management. www.vcsdata.com. 2016-12-11.
  21. Web site: Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sur Degree Engineering College. www.dsec.ac.in. 2016-12-11.
  22. Web site: Event Details. JIS College of Engineering. 2016-12-11.
  23. Web site: Asansol Engineering College Organizes Anti-Ragging Sensitization Programme. Asansol Engineering College. 2016-12-11.
  24. Web site: Campus News. HETC Chronicle. Hooghly Engineering & Technology College. 2016-12-11.
  25. Web site: beHappy. www.behappy.org.in. 2016-12-11.
  26. News: Two IIHM students arrested for ragging - Times of India. The Times of India. 2016-12-11.
  27. News: UP ranks first in ragging cases. The Times of India. 2016-12-11.
  28. Web site: Naveen Kujur ragging: Case against SPA for negligence and tampering with evidence - Indian Express. archive.indianexpress.com. 2016-12-11.
  29. News: Juniors 'stripped, abused' at Thanjavur engineering college - Times of India. The Times of India. 2016-12-11.
  30. Web site: Five engg students arrested for ragging. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221002111/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOICH/2013/02/13&ID=Ar00902. dead. December 21, 2016. epaper.timesofindia.com. 2016-12-11.
  31. Web site: The Times Group. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221002115/http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31812&articlexml=Ragging-death-Kin-friends-of-student-go-on-24112014006049. dead. December 21, 2016. epaperbeta.timesofindia.com. 2016-12-11.
  32. News: Kolkata: The activists of Society Against Violence in Education (SAVE) participate in candle light march to protest against ragging in Kolkata, on Nov 23, 2014. (Photo: IANS). Yahoo Cricket India. 2016-12-11.
  33. Web site: Circular. KSRMCE/Anti-Ragging/2013-14/2. 2013-08-19. K.S.R.M. College of Engineering, Kadapa. 3. English. 2016-12-11.
  34. Web site: Office Order. Office Order No.: 591/Reg/15. The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. 2016-12-11.
  35. Web site: SAVE About Us Who We Are. www.no2ragging.org. 2016-12-11.
  36. Web site: SAVE About Us Who We Are. www.no2ragging.org. 2016-12-11.
  37. Web site: SAVE About Us Who We Are. www.no2ragging.org. 2016-12-11.
  38. Web site: Satyamev Jayate Season 3 Episode 6 When Masculinity Harms Men. 2016-12-11.
  39. Web site: Satyamev Jayate 3: Big B, Aamir, Parineeti, Deepika, Kangana get bashful about objectification of women in cinema!. www.pinkvilla.com. 2016-12-11.
  40. Web site: Stop ragging NOW! – When Masculinity harms men satyamevjayate.in. 2016-12-11.
  41. Web site: National Human Rights Commission - New Delhi. nhrc.nic.in. 2016-12-11.
  42. Web site: 13th Anniversary Celebrations. 2013. Sri Ramanuja Mission Trust, 48, Bazulla Road, T.Nagar, Chennai-17. 5. 2016-12-11.
  43. Web site: I.P.O. President Hans Köchler delivers presidential address. i-p-o.org. 2016-12-11.
  44. Web site: SAVE Donate. www.no2ragging.org. 2016-12-11.

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